preciousness
1. the quality possessed by something with a great price or value • Syn: costliness, dearness • Derivationally related forms: precious, dear (for: dearness), costly (for: costliness) • Hypernyms: expensiveness 2. the positive quality of being precious and beyond value • Syn: invaluableness, pricelessness, valuableness • Derivationally related forms: valuable (for: valuableness), priceless (for: pricelessness), precious, invaluable (for: invaluableness) • Hypernyms: value • Hyponyms: gold 3. the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined • Syn: preciosity • Derivationally related forms: precious, precious (for: preciosity) • Hypernyms: affectedness
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